gravity's pull
English
editEtymology
editFrom gravity + -'s + pull, literally “the pull of gravity”. Pull is a common collocation of the word gravity, especially as the phrasal verb pull down.
Noun
editgravity's pull (singular only)
- (literally, rare) The force of gravity acting upon an object.
- (idiomatic, chiefly poetic) Stress or pressure of a situation acting upon a person.
- 1985, R.E.M. (lyrics and music), “Feeling Gravitys Pull”, in Fables of the Reconstruction / Reconstruction of the Fables:
- Feeling Gravitys [sic] Pull
- 2015, Cold War Kids (lyrics and music), “First”, in Hold My Home:
- Call it a dark night of the soul. / Ticking the clocks, gravity's pull.
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